My photo taking was pretty sporadic, but here are a few that turned out. Remember my zig zag twill lap robe? You can see it in the display below.
I also have a couple of photos of entries by friends in my spinning group. The next two below are by Mary Nichols, who is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Mary is a weaver, spinner, and dyer, but her specialty is lace knitting. She can knit out of her head, what I have to painstakingly labor over (with a pattern) for just a few rows.
This beaded scarf and tam is knitted from one of her handspun merino/silk blends. She does her own dyeing as well. You can see some of her gorgeous dyeing below...
This is a close-up of another of her beaded scarves, of handspun angora, merino, and silk.
The next scarf is handwoven by Eva Thatcher from her handspun, hand dyed silk.
The next scarf is handwoven by Eva Thatcher from her handspun, hand dyed silk.
My close-up shot didn't turn out so well, but I love the interplay of color and texture. I'm definitely going to have to try some of these.
The show runs from October 6th to November 3rd.
The show runs from October 6th to November 3rd.
8 comments:
Wow - what a gift to have so much talent nearby. I admit to a considerable amount of envy.
Thanks for sharing! I am rendered speechless by Mary's talent!
You are very fortunate to belong to such a talented and ambitious guild. Both of your enteries are displayed nicely.
The pictures of your friend Mary's knit lace scarf and Eva's woven scarf are just amazing.
Thank you for sharing the pictures with us.
I love all the pics just beautiful, I'm glad there is a guild in WNC, I should be moving to Murphy in 7 years and am excited to know I will have other people I can relate to in my fiber obession. The closest guild here is 5 hours away. Wow you made my day with this info, I'll need to plan for next year's exhibit and see if I can get there, while house hunting. ;)
Wow! That is some amazing talent displayed there. It looks like a great way to spend a day and take in some eye candy!
Wow - that's quite a turnout for the show. Looks like there are many beautiful entries too!
Looks like a very good Exhibition. The annual exhibition of our Guild here in Dublin seems to have bitten the dust - hope it's only a temporary pause.
OK, Leigh, are you going to dye the silk as fiber or after you spin the yarn? Or you could do a bit of both..........
Warping handspun silk should be much less traumatizing than warping with handspun wool as the silk is so strong.
I await your further adventures here....
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